What do you think creates the taboo about dolls?
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2017 1:25 pm
Hey all!
New to the forum (and to dolls). I'm a young film student at a university in Canada who is interested in the doll community and interested in creating a short documentary about the hobby to both normalize and explain it to the public who might be scared or freaked out by the hobby.
Basically, I have found that the vast majority of media out there about the doll hobby and the community is negative, and I think that's pretty terrible. Even as a beginner in all this, I know that the doll community is so much more nuanced and positive than a lot of the press it seems to get, so I want to try to help change that stigma.
I know that sounds ambitious, and I'm not asking anyone to jump on board without proper vetting, but I do want to hear it from other members of the community as well: What do you think causes the negative stigma against doll owners? How might it be addressed?
I'm asking because I want to clarify my target goal for the film - sort of my thesis statement. If I better understand the problem, I can create a better film to help address that problem. I want to be clear I'm not here to profit from this or make a giant media explosion - it's just a small step for a small filmmaker that I hope will help an often looked down upon community.
Thanks in advance! I know how supportive and loving this community can be, and I'm hoping to get some good discussion going! Feel free to chime in as well with what you'd like to see (or not see) in a hypothetical pro-doll documentary.
New to the forum (and to dolls). I'm a young film student at a university in Canada who is interested in the doll community and interested in creating a short documentary about the hobby to both normalize and explain it to the public who might be scared or freaked out by the hobby.
Basically, I have found that the vast majority of media out there about the doll hobby and the community is negative, and I think that's pretty terrible. Even as a beginner in all this, I know that the doll community is so much more nuanced and positive than a lot of the press it seems to get, so I want to try to help change that stigma.
I know that sounds ambitious, and I'm not asking anyone to jump on board without proper vetting, but I do want to hear it from other members of the community as well: What do you think causes the negative stigma against doll owners? How might it be addressed?
I'm asking because I want to clarify my target goal for the film - sort of my thesis statement. If I better understand the problem, I can create a better film to help address that problem. I want to be clear I'm not here to profit from this or make a giant media explosion - it's just a small step for a small filmmaker that I hope will help an often looked down upon community.
Thanks in advance! I know how supportive and loving this community can be, and I'm hoping to get some good discussion going! Feel free to chime in as well with what you'd like to see (or not see) in a hypothetical pro-doll documentary.